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Director M. Night Shyamalan has a history of self-financing his movies, and that continued with his latest effort, Glass. According to Forbes, Shyamalan made Glass with $20 million of his own money. That money was a combination of the earnings from his two most recent movies, Split and The Visit, as well as collateral from his 125-acre estate in Pennsylvania.
According to the report, Shyamalan took out a $5 million loan on his home years ago pay for The Visit. The movie was a huge success, going on to make $98 million worldwide. For Split, Shyamalan paid the $9 million production budget himself, and then reaped the benefits, as the movie earned a massive $278 million at the box office. The successes of The Visit and Split, as well as the aforementioned collateral, allowed Shyamalan to cover Glass’ $20 million production budget.
Glass is expected to make more than $40 million in the US and Canada alone this weekend, according to Entertainment Weekly, so it appears it’ll be another profitable film for Shyamalan.
As Forbes points out, it’s not uncommon for up-and-coming directors to finance their films with their own money, but Shyamalan is an established director whose movies make a lot of money no matter what you say about their quality. One reason why Shyamalan opts to finance his movies out of his own pocket is because when big studio money gets involved, directors like Shyamalan generally have to give up some amount of creative control. Shyamalan financing movies himself theoretically gives him more freedom.
Glass, which stars James McAvoy, Samuel L. Jackson, and Bruce Willis, has received a mixed critical reaction. GameSpot’s review said it was a disappointment in some ways, while other critics had problems with it, too. For more, check out GameSpot’s Glass review roundup to see what other critics are saying.
Warner Bros. debuted a new sneak peek for Shazam! today.
While not as long as the first trailer, this TV spot (seen below) offers a closer look at Billy Batson’s transformation into Earth’s Mightiest Mortal and his titanic showdown with Doctor Sivana.
We’ve put together a slideshow featuring 25 epic shots from the trailer. Check it out below:
In other Shazam! news, we recently learned just how expensive this hero’s flamboyant wardrobe was. Each one of star Zachary Levi’s ten costumes cost a cool one million dollars.
Shazam is set to hit theaters on April 5, 2019.
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Starz has unveiled the full trailer for American Gods Season 2, which finally hits our screens on Sunday, March 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The first season concluded back in June 2017, so Mr. Wednesday and Shadow Moon’s much-anticipated return is a blessing indeed. Watch the new trailer above.
Here’s Starz’s description of the new season: “We were forged in God’s image, but the Gods are also made in ours — and in Season 2 the battle moves inexorably toward crisis point as the destinies of gods and men collide. While Mr. World plots revenge for the attack against him in Season 1, Shadow throws in his lot with Wednesday’s attempt to convince the Old Gods of the case for full-out war, with Laura and Mad Sweeney in tow. A council at the House on the Rock explodes into chaos, sending deities both Old and New on quests across America that will converge on Cairo, Illinois forcing Shadow to carve out a place as a believer in this strange new world of living gods — a dark world where change demands commitment, and faith requires terrible sacrifice.”